METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF CONNECTED INFRASTRUCTURE

1 . A method of monitoring a stated condition of an infrastructure, the method comprising the steps of:

a) affixing two or more wireless transceivers to reference positions on or proximate to the infrastructure, said infrastructure comprising one of: a bridge infrastructure, a railroad infrastructure and a motor vehicle roadway;

b) fixing a sensor to a sensor position on the infrastructure, said sensor capable of wireless communication with the two or more wireless transceivers;

c) wirelessly communicating between the two or more wireless transceivers and the sensor to generate a quantification of a condition present to the infrastructure;

d) generating a set of positional coordinates for the sensor based upon the data set; and

e) displaying on a visual display screen, a user interface indicating a location of the sensor represented upon a visual display representation from an augmented virtual model referenced to the positional coordinates within the infrastructure.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the positional coordinates comprise at least a first distance value and at least a first angle value.

3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the positional coordinates comprise X, Y and Z coordinates and the method further comprises:

f) generating a first table comprising conditions present in the infrastructure precedent to deployment of the infrastructure;

g) with the sensors, transducing a physical condition in the infrastructure to a digital representation;

h) recording a time registration in a controller, the time registration indicating when the physical condition within the infrastructure was transduced into a digital representation;

i) operating the controller to compare the digital representation of the physical conditions within the infrastructure with a condition present in the infrastructure precedent to deployment of the infrastructure;

j) operating the controller to determine how the condition present in the infrastructure at a given time compares with the condition present in the infrastructure precedent to deployment of the infrastructure, based upon the transducing of the physical condition in the infrastructure to a digital representation of the physical condition and the time registration; and

k) displaying on a visual display screen, a user interface indicating how the condition present in the infrastructure at a given time compares with the condition present in the infrastructure precedent to deployment of the infrastructure.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the positional coordinates additionally designate a position relative to a home position.

5 . The method of claim 3 additionally comprising the step of receiving into a controller respective transmissions from multiple disparate sensors each transmission comprising a digital value of a respective physical condition transduced by the multiple disparate sensors.

6 . The method of claim 5 additionally comprising the step of determining whether conditions precedent to deployment are present in the infrastructure based upon a comparison of the values of the multiple conditions measured within the infrastructure and the conditions present in the infrastructure precedent to deployment of the infrastructure.

7 . The method of claim 6 additionally comprising the step of transmitting location coordinates of a sensor measuring a condition within the infrastructure that has not met a condition precedent to deployment included in the first table.

8 . The method of claim 7 additionally comprising generating a second table comprising a remedial action that may be taken to address a condition within the infrastructure.

9 . The method of claim 8 additionally comprising the step of transmitting why the condition within the infrastructure compares with a condition precedent to deployment included in the table.

10 . The method of claim 8 wherein the first Table comprises building codes.

11 . The method of claim 8 wherein the first Table comprises ANSI standards.

12 . The method of claim 8 wherein the first Table comprises engineering specifications comprising an amount of pressure.

13 . The method of claim 8 wherein the first Table comprises engineering specifications comprising an amount of heat.

14 . The method of claim 8 wherein the first Table comprises engineering specifications comprising an amount of vibration.

15 . The method of claim 8 wherein the first Table comprises engineering specifications comprising an amount of movement.

16 . The method of claim 8 wherein the first Table comprises variables of an appraisal report.

17 . A method of determining a physical state of a infrastructure, the method comprising the steps of:

a) generating with a controller a first table comprising values pertaining to conditions within the infrastructure and an alphanumeric scaled rating for different ranges of the values pertaining to conditions within the infrastructure;

b) generating in the controller a second table comprising measured values of the conditions within the infrastructure, wherein the measured values are generated via the steps of:

i) affixing multiple wireless transceivers to reference positions within the infrastructure;

ii) securing a sensor to a position within the infrastructure;

iii) wirelessly communicating between the sensor and the multiple wireless transceivers to generate a data set;

iv) with the controller, generating a set of positional coordinates for the sensor based upon the data set;

v) with the sensor, generating measured values of a condition within the infrastructure via transducing of a sensor state to a digital value;

vi) recording a time registration in the controller indicating when each of the measured values of the condition within the infrastructure was measured;

c) with the controller, associating a respective alphanumeric scaled rating from the first table with each of the measured values of the condition within the infrastructure;

d) with the controller, generating an aggregate alphanumeric scaled rating for the infrastructure based upon a weighted combining of the respective alphanumeric scaled ratings associated with each measured value; and

e) displaying on a visual display screen a user interface comprising the aggregate alphanumeric scaled rating for the infrastructure.

18 . The method of claim 17 additionally comprising the step of generating a deployment condition value based upon the aggregate alphanumeric scaled rating, the deployment condition value indicating a suitability of deployment for a stated purpose.

19 . The method of claim 17 additionally comprising the step of generating a value of a remedial action amount based upon the aggregate alphanumeric scaled rating, said a remedial action amount indicative of a cost to complete a stated remedial action.

20 . The method of claim 17 additionally comprising the step of including the infrastructure in a set of infrastructure items necessary to achieve an undertaking.